Fife, Washington.
Teamsters are now refusing to cross a US Foods strike line held overnight during a blizzard in Englewood, Colo., and a line in Fife, Wash. Their contracts require them to notify their employer 72 hours before they can honor the picket line. In the past six days, nearly half of the 4,000 Teamsters who work at US Foods have struck. They've shown heroic solidarity with maintenance workers who struck in Illinois on Sunday over unfair and illegal treatment by US Foods. The strike spread to Buffalo, N.Y., and St. Louis, Mo., then to Plymouth, Minn., and Fishers, Ind. This morning, Teamsters formed picket lines at three New Jersey warehouses in Bridgeport, Perth Amboy and Swedesboro.
Messages of solidarity and support can be found on the Teamsters Facebook page:
Vicki Fay Union now. Union forever.
Chet Grzesnikowski Unity baby
Rick Maginnis As a former driver of 30 yrs at U S Foods LA I'm with you brothers an sisters all the way , give them hell an stand tall an strong@oneunionmom tweeted:
My son and daughters are learning a lot these days - they sure know which side we're on.Here's the latest Teamsters news release about the strike:
At the Fife facility, more than 100 members of Teamsters Local 117 walked off the job early today, honoring a picket line established by Teamsters Local 174 in Tukwila.
In Englewood, more than 200 members of Teamsters Local 455 walked off the job at US Foods at noon today. They are honoring a picket line set by Teamsters Joint Council 3 in Denver.
Two additional Teamster locals in Oregon and Washington have also notified US Foods that they will honor picket lines if any are extended to facilities where their members work or deliver product.
More than 1,800 Teamsters have now honored picket lines at US Foods facilities in Illinois, Missouri, New York, Indiana, Minnesota, and New Jersey.Follow it closely on the USfoods Workers Facebook page or the website, http://www.usfoodsworkers.org/. And see more photos here.
